Its my birthday!

So its my birthday tomorrow. I will be thirty bloody five. When did I even become thirty four?
I'm sure I will get LOADS of calls and messages to make me feel very loved. AHEM! Benedikt and I are going for dinner on Friday night and we're having a mini party on Saturday night at our house with about 2000 friends. Its Benedikts birthday on Saturday.

We went to our good friends, Hem and Paul's, party last weekend. And boy was it debaucherous... the guys are still recovering. So our party will probably be quite tame. I don't think I've ever seen Benedikt that drunk! And Paul had to be carried home legless and vomiting!
Thank goodness Nicolas slept through the night that night - or perhaps he didn't and we just didn't hear him.

Speaking of whom, I've renamed him to Cabbage Patch Kid. See the similarity?











We were avidly following the Cape Epic last week... Man it was exciting. I was SO happy that Burry and Christoph won. Good show. We had 2 very good friends from here that did it too.... boy did Alex suffer! Can't wait to hear his tales. Benedikt and I were very happy to be watching from the couch and not slogging away up the sandy rocky climbs all day in the unrelenting heat.

So I've had no car for the last 3 weeks which has been fun. Not. The fuel pump packed up again and I have to wait for a part from Dubai. So I'm cycling everywhere! Been cycling to yoga and to the gym and to the doctors (for vaccinations) and to the shops. In the beginning it was a novelty but now its getting tiresome. I want my car back dammit! I miss taking Nic swimming too.
At least I am getting LOADS of work done.

Breaking news: I now weigh under 60kgs! 59.9 to be exact ;-) I haven't weighed under 60 for at least 2 years! I'm so bloody excited. Except my jelly belly is still bloody there would you believe it. Guess I only have myself to blame for eating all that chocolate when I was pregnant and putting on 20kgs and stretching my mid section to hell and back.
I'm pretty sure I am losing weight thanks to running (and cycling everywhere!). A lovely friend of mine is now running with me and she needs to train for Lewa which is a tough 21km race in June. So together we are upping our mileage each week. I also run to the forest and back which adds on an extra 4kms so I do between 15 and 20kms 3 times a week.
Also being vegan now I don't eat any more cakes or biscuits. Even most sweets have gelatin in them which is made from animals bones... although I have found some candy which is animal product free THANK GOODNESS. I love sweets too much.